The UK based adventure attractions specialist Innovative Leisure has opened a 17m high, four-level high ropes adventure course at the Tees Barrage International White Water venue in Stockton on Tees in north east England.

Tees Active Leisure, operators of the venue in conjunction with Stockton Borough Council, opened the new Sky Trail High Ropes Course, called Airtrail, in February 2016.

The new high ropes facility for the whole family incorporates a junior Sky Tykes course and attracted 1,500 participants in its first week.

The eight-pole attraction has more than 40 activity elements between four metres and 15m off the ground.

The course can cater for up to 70 participants per session, with 60 able to enjoy the main Sky Trail experience at any one time.

Additionally, this ‘zip experience’ installation also features the UK’s first Sky Rails, the latest in zip line technology.

The patented, fully automated zipping experiences run parallel to the course on levels one and two and allow users to zip from one launch pad to the next without disconnecting form the ropes system at any time. A traffic light system and mechanical gates control the flow of users, while magnetic brakes slow ‘zippers’ as they reach the landing platforms.

And for those with younger families the installation also incorporates a scaled down Sky Trail for children aged from 2 years old and under 1.22m.